Seven (7+) Years Experience in IT with Quality Assurance, and Software testing specialization in Web and Client based application on both Windows and UNIX Platform, seeking for a Software Test Engineer position to utilize diversified skills in manual and automation testing.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Performed Independent Verification and Validation (IV & V) and test activities including Regression and Real-time Testing, Integration Testing, evaluating software, procedures, designs, and follow SDLC processes for multiple projects.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of applications.
• Experience in reviewing Requirements, Test cases, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, and Test Plans of both manual and automated tests.
• Validated Technical requirements definitions and project estimation/sizing documents.
• Involved in the Independent Verifications and Validations (IV & V) process.
• Maintained numbers of requirements and have documented and done RTM to ensure software requirement traceability.
• Extensive experience in testing tools such as Quality Center (QC),Quick Test Professional (QTP), Rational Suites and Win Runner.
• Involved in Smoke, GUI, Functionality, Integration, Ad-hoc, Stress, System, Front-end, and Regression testing on many Client/Server and web applications.
• Thorough understanding of QA Methodologies like Waterfall, Iterative, Agile, Rational Unified Modeling (RUP).
• Experience in Back-end testing of application by executing SQL commands.
• Ability to work independently with in time constraints and under minimum supervision.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with clear understanding of team building.
• A must team player with excellent communication, analytical, interpersonal and writing skills.

SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro, Quality Center/Test Director, and Rational Suites
Scripting: VB Script, Java Script, and TSL Script.
Operating System: Windows, Linux, and Solaris.
Database: Oracle, SQL Server 2000, DB2, Sybase, and MS Access.
Methodologies: Waterfall, Iterative, Agile, V-Model, and RUP.
Servers: IBMWeb Sphere, JBoss, Apache, BEA Web Logic.
Others: TOAD, MS Project, SharePoint, and Crystal Reports

Confidential, Herndon, VA
Jan 2007-Present
Senior Software Test Engineer

Confidential, is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) chartered by Congress with a mission to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the U.S. housing and mortgage markets. Evlas and FBVS (Fair Value Balance System): The Fair Value Balance System (FVBS) Procedure document establishes the guidelines that are to be followed by loan accounting for validation and reconciliation of FBVS against Source systems Accounting Data Warehouse (ADW) and whole Loan Cost Basis Sub-Ledger (WLCBS) and the General Ledger

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Generated and implemented Test Plans, Test cases, Test Scripts on different applications.
• Involved in Manual and Automated testing of the front-end application.
• Based on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) designed written and implemented Software test plans, Test design specifications and Test cases.
• Managed the requirements using Requirements management tool Quality Center.
• Reported issues into the bug reporting system and follow up with the development team until it gets resolved using Quality Center.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Integration and End to End testing using QTP.
• Created automated test scripts and Performed Functionality testing in the multiple phases of the application and analyzed the results using QTP.
• Developed and executed various VBScript for automation testing of each individual functionality using QTP.
• Performed web testing using Quick Test Pro for checking page contents, broken links, web objects, frames and tables.
• Parameterized the scripts to run the scripts using varying form data.
• Created User Define Function in VB Script and accessed them through Function Library.
• Worked with SQL, PL/SQL and functions to test the database integrity (Oracle).
• Performed Data Validation and Data Integration for Back End Testing using SQL Queries manually.
• Created Traceability between Requirements and Test Cases.
• Participated in QA team meetings and walkthroughs for weekly QA testing review

Environment: Windows XP, UNIX, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Oracle, J2EE, Visual Basic, MS Office, IE, Firefox.

Confidential, Vienna, VA
Sr. Software Test Engineer
Jun 2005-Dec 2006

The application USPS Flat Mail Technology project is designed to improve service, and reduce cost. New system will sort large envelopes, magazines, catalogs, and circulars in delivery order which is refer to as "flats". This Technology successfully and rapidly boosted postal efficiencies in the processing distribution, and delivery of letter mail which will soon be applied to the sorting of the "Flat Mail".

• Involved in project analysis, design and implementation.
• Analyzed the Business Requirement specifications.
• Participated in peer reviews of softwarerequirements, designs and test procedures. Documented test plans and test cases corresponding to business rules and requirements.
• Manually performed System, UAT, Functional, Regression Testing.
• Maintained and executed test cases and test scripts using Quality Center.
• Reported & tracked the bugs, performed E-mail notifications to the developers using the Quality Center.
• Followed the Standard Test Process Guide for the QA Methodology. Establish project standards and processes including CMMI.
• Involved in enhancing the recorded script, Parameterization, using Regular expressions, dealing with object properties and dealing with the dynamic objects using Descriptive Programming.
• Involved in testing of GUI by inserting checkpoints in Quick Test Professional scripts for single or multiple objects and text.
• Extensively involved in executing and analyzing Checkpoints - Standard Check points, Text Check points and Database checkpoints for the projects using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Created synchronization points in Quick Test Professional scripts to help solve key problems.
• Provided back end testing for data validation using SQL Queries. .
• Work closely with Test Lead during the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) by ensuring full test coverage of the assigned test cases

Environment: Test director, Quick Test Pro, Load Runner, Java, C++, HTML, XML, VB Script, UNIX, Oracle, VB and Windows

Confidential, NYC, New York
Software QA Engineer
March 2004-May 2005

• Confidential, is a diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of banking. The web application was developed for allowing account holders to perform on-line transactions like accessing personal Accounts, Transfer Funds (between accounts), Pay Bills, Checking Balances, detailed transaction reports and business solutions like International Trade, Foreign Exchange and International Corporate Banking. The application updates the account details of the account holder's daily activity and automatically prints monthly statement.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirement Specification (BRS),Software Requirement Specification (SRS) and User Requirement Document (URD).
• Developed Test Plan and Test Approach artifact with resource requirements and time estimates.
• Developed Test plan and verified content with the team members.
• Designed and developed Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and Test steps for various Business Services/methods covering both Positive and Negative testing requirements.
• Involved in the project from the requirement analysis phase till the completion of UAT (Entire Test Lifecycle).
• Analyzed requirements developed the Test Cases according to requirements, reported bugs through Clear Quest.
• Testing and cross-verifying the reports using SQL queries.
• Writing SQL queries and statements to test database for retrieving information, editing data and inserting the data.
• Worked with the users to write requirements, design scripts related to the application testing.
• Utilized Clear Quest as a request tracking system for tracking the Defects and generating reports.

Environment: Windows, UNIX, Rational Clear Quest, Clear Case, C++, Oracle, SharePoint.

Confidential, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Software Tester
July 2003- Feb 2004
Confidential, is the world's leading dedicated toy and juvenile products retailer, offering a differentiated shopping experience through its family of brands. Customers can search for a specific title or collection of titles by using keywords. The selections made by the customer are stored in a Shopping Cart and a profile of the customer is created. Subsequently, the customer enters the Credit Card information, which is then processed through SSL enabled browser. The backend process was designed to maintain the products and orders along with shipping schedules of the costumers.

Responsibilities:

• Created and executed test plans, test cases including regression test suits to support quarterly, monthly and semi-monthly releases
• Developed and executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results
• Organized test plan/test case review meetings and get test plan sign-off from QA Development and Business Analyst groups
• Analyzed multiple input systems to create and modify test data
• Developed and executed complex SQL queries to create and modify test data
• Develop code for functional and regression testing using data driven automation techniques and non-record/playback frameworks
• Created, debugged and executed test scripts on Rational Robot.
• Performed Functional, Integration testing and Regression testing using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
• Executed Scripts, Reporting and Tracking Bugs in Test Director
• Performed Database Testing and written SQL Queries for MS SQL Server 2000
• Communicated all defects found and tracked them using the Test Director

Environment: Windows, MS SQL Server, Web logic, QTP, Test Director, Rational Robot, Rational Test Manager

Bachelor in Computer Science

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